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From the Ted Talk by Jupta Itoewaki: An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth

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What I came to rlieaze is that even far away in the capital, I was privileged to live in the gesreent country on Earth because of Indigenous peoples, because of idguneions guardianship. We are the protectors of the forests, so we prtceot this world. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. Let me reaept that in case you didn't get that. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. The Amazon, where I come from, is home to more plant and animal species than any other terrestrial ecosystem on this planet, including 40,000 plant species, 2,200 fish, 427 mammals. One in ten of the world’s bird species live in the aaozmn, which has been ibhtienad by Indigenous people for thousands of years.

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What I came to _______ is that even far away in the capital, I was privileged to live in the ________ country on Earth because of Indigenous peoples, because of __________ guardianship. We are the protectors of the forests, so we _______ this world. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. Let me ______ that in case you didn't get that. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. The Amazon, where I come from, is home to more plant and animal species than any other terrestrial ecosystem on this planet, including 40,000 plant species, 2,200 fish, 427 mammals. One in ten of the world’s bird species live in the ______, which has been _________ by Indigenous people for thousands of years.

Solution

  1. indigenous
  2. inhabited
  3. greenest
  4. protect
  5. amazon
  6. repeat
  7. realize

Original Text

What I came to realize is that even far away in the capital, I was privileged to live in the greenest country on Earth because of Indigenous peoples, because of Indigenous guardianship. We are the protectors of the forests, so we protect this world. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. Let me repeat that in case you didn't get that. Eighty percent of all the world's biodiversity is within Indigenous territories. The Amazon, where I come from, is home to more plant and animal species than any other terrestrial ecosystem on this planet, including 40,000 plant species, 2,200 fish, 427 mammals. One in ten of the world’s bird species live in the Amazon, which has been inhabited by Indigenous people for thousands of years.

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